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President's remarks at Ellicott Dredges
Remarks by President Barack Obama this afternoon at Ellicott Dredges in Baltimore, from the White House. THE PRESIDENT: Hello, Baltimore! (Applause.) Well, it is wonderful to see all of you. Give Duncan a big round of applause for the great...
Tags: Ray Lewis, Health Care Reform (2009), Trips and Vacations, White House, Computer Hardware
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Cummings a disgrace in Benghazi hearings
The other day I sat down to watch some of the coverage of the Benghazi hearings and almost spit out my drink in utter dismay at the ignorance and incompetence of Rep. Elijah Cummings ("U.S. diplomat details attack in Benghazi," May 9). Now, mind you...
Tags: U.S. Congress, Hillary Clinton, September 11, 2001 Attacks, Benghazi, U.S. Department of State
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GOP ramps up criticism of Perez
WASHINGTON -- Congressional Republicans, including Maryland Rep. Andy Harris, stepped up their criticism of Labor Secretary nominee Tom Perez on Tuesday, amplifying their concerns a day before the former state official faces a Senate committee vote on his...
Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, Takoma Park (Montgomery, Maryland), Labor Legislation, Chuck Grassley
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Gun advocates detail armed school guard plan
Gun-rights advocates unveiled Tuesday a 225-page report paid for by the National Rifle Association that lays out a vision for arming teachers to prevent the kind of mass shootings that claimed 27 lives at a Connecticut elementary school last year....
Tags: Justice System, Weaponry, The Washington Post, Perry Hall High School, National Rifle Association of America
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Federal government cuts travel costs; scientists warn of collaboration lost
Florence P. Haseltine knows the power of scientists meeting face to face. The former researcher at the National Institutes of Health notes a list of milestones achieved through networking and collaboration at conferences, such as the deliberations that...
Tags: HIV, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, Budgets and Budgeting, Trips and Vacations, Science
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Naval Academy graduate from Howard County killed in jet crash
A 26-year-old Naval Academy graduate from Howard County who realized a long-held dream of becoming a Naval aviator was killed when the jet she was piloting crashed into a field outside Spokane, Wash. Lt. j.g. Valerie Cappelaere Delaney and her two crew...Tags: United States Naval Academy, Technology, Engineering, Transportation Accidents, Anglicanism
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Edwards ranked among most liberal House members
Rep. Donna Edwards, a Prince George's County Democrat, is again ranked among the most liberal members of the House of Representatives, according to an annual review of roll call votes by National Journal. Edwards tied for first place in the rankings...Tags: Ben Quayle, Donna F. Edwards, Democratic Party, Prince George's County, Xavier Becerra
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In Annapolis, College Park shooting becomes part of the debate
The murder-suicide that left two University of Maryland students dead provided fresh fodder in Annapolis Wednesday for lawmakers debating whether to tighten Maryland's gun laws, with supporters saying the tragic incident gave them new resolve while...
Tags: Justice System, Safety of Citizens, Cecil County, Behavioral Conditions, James C. Rosapepe
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Reactions mixed to Postal Service request to stop delivering mail on Saturdays
Lanny Gans had not heard, until she went to the Roland Park post office Wednesday, that the financially struggling U.S. Postal Service plans to end Saturday service in August, in an effort to save $2 billion a year.. "I hate to see anything like that...
Tags: Waverly (Baltimore, Maryland), U.S. Postal Service, Roland Park, U.S. House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform, U.S. Congress
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Cummings to push bipartisan gun control bill
Responding to gun control loopholes that have proved vexing for police in Maryland and elsewhere, Rep. Elijah E. Cummings will introduce bipartisan legislation Tuesday to impose tougher penalties for people who traffic guns across state borders or buy...
Tags: Justice System, Republican Party, Anthony W. Batts, Personal Weapon Control, National Rifle Association of America
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Campaign rules for federal employees get an update
Even as Congress and the White House appeared to be at a standoff over the fiscal cliff last month, lawmakers and the president were able to agree on at least one thing: an update of the Hatch Act.
The 1939 law prohibits federal employees and certain...Tags: Justice System, Andrew Johnson, Civil and Public Service, Public Employees, Local Elections
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